Diabetes Programs at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital & Eastern Virginia Medical School
Improving the Life of Patients with Diabetes in Virginia and Beyond
The Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (SNGH) and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) Diabetes Programs located in Norfolk, Virginia deliver exemplary patient care, conduct innovative research, and train future experts in the quest to prevent, treat and cure diabetes. The EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center provides state of the art treatment of diabetes and its complications in the outpatient, inpatient and community settings. The EVMS-Sentara Cardiovascular Diabetes Program provides a unique comprehensive, multidisciplinary diabetes care for inpatients with cardiovascular disease. Both the SNGH Diabetes & Endocrinology service and Cardiology & Heart Surgery Services, who are run collaboratively with EVMS, are nationally ranked by the US News and World Report as 31st and 32nd respectively. Clinical research studies and trials being conducted include investigating better ways of treating diabetes in patients with heart disease, the mechanisms of diabetic neuropathy and newer ways of treating them, the role of inflammation in the development of obesity and diabetes, and new biomarkers for Type 1 diabetes to explore the role of viruses in triggering the disease's development. Elias S. Siraj, MD leads the diabetes programs at both EVMS and SNGH and he has a special interest in improving outcomes for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
